Marianne Vos scraps 2015 targets as injury woes continue

Former world champion Marianne Vos is still suffering from injury and has delayed her return to competition

Marianne Vos

Marianne Vos has scrapped her targets for this season and will concentrate on recovery for the rest of the year. The three time road World Champion has been struggling with injury since the start of the year and this week announced she would prioritise her recovery.

The Dutch woman’s woes first manifested themselves in at the Hoogerheide round of the cyclo-cross World Cup, where she finished in a lowly 12th place. Though she recovered sufficiently to take bronze at the World Championships two weeks later, she has barely competed since.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.